No savior for homeowner, either

Revenue is flat, surprise, surprise.

From 2007 through 2012, the value of my house has decreased 10 percent, while my house taxes have gone up 27 percent. Guess where my revenue stayed flat?

School Superintendent [Thomas] Pandiscio states that the school budget (expense) is too low and the problem is with the revenue. His answer to getting more revenue is to ask all the towns to increase their contributions from 42 percent to 48 percent. Problem solved — just get more of the pie.

State revenue is flat and regional transportation sits around 52 percent out of a promised 80 percent, a loss of 28 percent. What does that equal in lost dollar revenue to the schools? The state’s answer is that they won’t be the local savior.

Superintendent Pandiscio said he wasn’t going to blink. I wish I could be so bold and do the same with my revenue and expenses, with Duncan Leith calling it terrible and “not fair.”